Guided by Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners within the firm, including President Kawika McKeague and in-house artist and cultural strategist Kaili Chun, G70 approaches each project by first listening to place. That means spending time with kūpuna, lineal descendants, community members, cultural practitioners, historians, and local organizations to understand the mo’olelo (stories), ‘ōlelo Hawai’i (Hawaiian language), and living practices that shape each ‘āina. In this work, G70 serves as a bridge between communities and the formal processes of planning and design, helping carry community knowledge, protocol, and aspiration into built form. One powerful approach is Hulali i ka lā (Glistening in the Sun), a permanent art installation by Chun in the Prince Waikiki lobby. Composed of more than 800 hand-hammered copper forms, the work recalls a schooling pattern of hinana fish that once traveled through the brackish waters of Pi’inaio Stream. The pieces are suspended to trace the historic course of the stream making the buried waterway legible again in the heart of a contemporary hotel lobby.The installation was created through workshops with 45 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 12, ISSUE 12 GROUP 70 INTERNATIONAL (G70)
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